Read through the news reports, watch the stories and look at the pictures of the natural disasters in Indonesia.
Consider the following questions...
1. Where is Indonesia on a world map?
2. Where did the disasters occur?
3. What causes an earthquake?
4. What causes a volcanic eruption?
5. Why did all three natural disasters strike Indonesia?
6. What type of people (farmers, professional, young, old, rich, poor?) have been affected by the natural disasters?
7. What can you do to help?
8. What questions does it make you think about?
9. What is the Pacific Ring Of Fire and how does it relate to this story?
CNN News Report 2
CNN News Report 3 (flooding in Indonesia)
CNN News Report 4 (flooding in Indonesia 2)
SBS News Report
SBS NEws Report - Australia's Response
BBC News Report
BBC News Report
World News Report (No Vid)
Australia's Response
Wikipedia - Australia's Relations with Indonesia
Learn About Earthquakes
Learn About Volcanoes
Read through the news reports, watch the stories and look at the pictures of the natural disasters in Indonesia.
Consider the following questions...
1. Where is Indonesia on a world map?
2. Where did the disasters occur?
3. What causes an earthquake?
4. What causes a volcanic eruption?
5. Why did all three natural disasters strike Indonesia?
6. What type of people (farmers, professional, young, old, rich, poor?) have been affected by the natural disasters?
7. What can you do to help?
8. What questions does it make you think about?
9. What is the Pacific Ring Of Fire and how does it relate to this story?